Meet WYA Latin America’s New Interns!
COVID-19 didn’t stop the World Youth Alliance from welcoming members around the world to our internship program. This summer, WYA Latin America has the pleasure of introducing our three online interns from Mexico, El Salvador and Colombia, that will further their understanding and promotion of human dignity. They will be implementing this value through marketing and […]
Meet Our New Latin America Leaders from Mexico, Paraguay, Colombia
[su_tabs active=”2″][su_tab title=”English”] World Youth Alliance constantly seeks to train new young leaders who live out WYA’s values and encourage more young people to do so as well. To further promote our mission, many active WYA members start a Chapter in their schools, communities and countries. A Chapter is an “officially approved local branch of […]
Empowering Women?
The knowledge about reproductive health, especially about my body, is a component that I acquired three months ago. As a 21-year-old, I acknowledged the importance of knowing about me. However, it is inevitable to learn how even after so many years I never knew how my body really works. Sadly, there are many young people […]
Meet WYA Latin America’s New Program Officer, Paula Lopez
This April, WYA gives a warm welcome to our new WYA Latin America Program Officer, Paula Lopez! “The World Youth Alliance does not only leave theory on the table but uses it. What I found here is a real representation of what excellence is, from the volunteer role up to the founder role.” Prior to […]
Meet the First Internship Batch of 2020!
In sunny – and sometimes cold – 71st Street of New York is the World Youth Alliance Headquarters, hosting over 10 interns from 4 different continents. The warmth of this internship batch can be felt through the happy smiles and bubbly atmosphere once you walk into the house. As the first internship batch of 2020, […]
3 Reasons Why You Need to Take the CTP:
The Certified Training Program (CTP) is one of the World Youth Alliance’s flagship programs. It can be offered in person if WYA staff or trainers are available or online. Currently, we are opening the first 2020 CTP Batch for our Middle East members. The CTP is the collection of texts that provide the philosophical underpinnings […]
The Unique Experience of Having Brothers with Down Syndrome
[su_tabs active=”2″][su_tab title=”English”] Having a brother with down syndrome is nothing bad but quite the opposite. It’s a blessing. In my case I have two, that is, I feel doubly blessed. Being a brother of a person with down syndrome is not so different from being a brother of a person without a disability. You […]
Meeting the 2020 Viktor Frankl Awardees
“WYA is a place of inspiration, determination, and friendship which one enters into in order to seek and defend a very crucial element of our world: the human person.” – Rebecca Bruch, 2020 Viktor Frankl Awardee for North America WYA is delighted to present the Viktor Frankl Award to exemplary members from the Philippines, Kenya, […]
The Heart is Reached by Imagination
Having imagination is an intellectual gift that few consider necessary to excel. Some think that you are just born with it and that there is no need for exercise. We have become “calculators rather than poets, technocrats rather than contemplators”. As young people, we have to be able to form the habit of finding analogies […]
Meet the New York Interns of Fall 2019
This fall, the World Youth Alliance welcomed its last batch of interns for 2019. Their first week in New York overlapped with the 2019 United Nations General assembly with other conferences also happening around the city. This allowed them an early exposure to different discussions on topics such as Human Rights. Together, the interns will […]
